The 'Chichibu Maru' liner (later 'Kamakura Maru'), and a junk, Shanghai

The 'Chichibu Maru' liner (later 'Kamakura Maru'), and a junk, Shanghai

Collection

Rosholt, Malcolm

Identifier

Ro-n0500

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-n0500. This is Japan's largest passenger ship prewar, completed in 1930 as the 'Chichibu Maru', owned by the NYK Line.  In 1938 the ship was renamed 'Kamakura Maru', and it was sunk by a US submarine on 28 April 1943. See Ro-s060.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1937

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph